Joseph Kidney interviewed by Griffin Trustee Karen Solie

Kevin Young interviewed by Griffin Trustee Ian Williams

Ange Mlinko interviewed by Griffin Trustee Sarah Howe

Aracelis Girmay interviewed by Griffin Trustee Ian Williams

Daniel Borzutzky & Alec Schumacher interviewed by Griffin Trustee Aleš Šteger

Gbenga Adesina interviewed by Griffin Trustee Sarah Howe

The Great Making: A Celebration of Our Lifetime Recognition Award Recipients

Diane Seuss reads from 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙣 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮

Translation Talks: Oksana Maksymchuk and Jeffrey Yang

Joanna Trzeciak reads "The Story of Old Women" by Tadeusz Różewicz

Liz Howard reads "Thinktent" from 𝙄𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝘾𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙏𝙚𝙣𝙩

Translation Talks: Karen Leeder and Brian Henry

Jessica Laser reading from 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡

Dale Martin Smith reads from 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙞𝙯𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙚

Sue Goyette reads "Forty-Eight" from 𝙊𝙘𝙚𝙖𝙣

Oksana Maksymchuk reads "Cherry Orchard" from 𝙎𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝘾𝙞𝙩𝙮

Billy-Ray Belcourt reads "Love and Heartbreak are Fuck Buddies" from 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙒𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙

John Glenday reads "The Ugly" from 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣

Priscila Uppal reads "Sorry, I Forgot to Clean Up After Myself" from 𝙊𝙣𝙩𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙉𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨

Tongo Eisen-Martin reads "Four Walls" from 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙗𝙮𝙚𝙨

Karen Leeder interviewed by Pádraig Ó Tuama

Margaret Atwood interviewed by Pádraig Ó Tuama

Sarah Tolmie reads poem 51 from 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝘿𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜

Roo Borson reads "Summer Grass" from 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙅𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝙐𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙏𝙤𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙊𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙙𝙖

Dawn Macdonald interviewed by Griffin Trustee Karen Solie

Dawn Macdonald reads "A Boring Poem" from 𝙉𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙮

Trailer for the 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize Readings

Diane Seuss interviewed by Griffin Trustee Mark Doty

Aaron Coleman interviewed by Griffin Trustee Ian Williams

Aaron Coleman reads "The North Star" by Nicolás Guillén from 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙕𝙤𝙤

Brian Henry interviewed by Griffin Trustee Aleš Šteger

Brian Henry reads "Lacquer" by Tomaž Šalamun from 𝙆𝙞𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙮𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙋𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚

Karen Leeder and Durs Grünbein interviewed by Griffin Trustee Sarah Howe

You're invited to the 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize Readings

Karen Leeder and Durs Grünbein read "Childhood in the Diorama" from 𝙋𝙨𝙮𝙘𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜

Carl Phillips interviewed by Griffin Trustee Sarah Howe

Carl Phillips reads "Rehearsal" from 𝙎𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙨, 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙝

Diane Seuss reads "Curl" from 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙣 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮

Frank Bidart | 2017 Griffin Lifetime Recognition Award | Tribute by Mark Doty

Adrienne Rich | 2010 Griffin Lifetime Recognition Award | Tribute by Carolyn Forché

Ana Blandiana, 2018 Griffin Lifetime Recognition Award Recipient, reads with Viorica Patea

Jane Munro reads "Old Man Vacanas" from 𝘽𝙡𝙪𝙚 𝙎𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙖

Translation Talks: Amelia M. Glaser and Yuliya Ilchuk

Raymond Antrobus reads "Dear Hearing World" from 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚

Adélia Prado and Ellen Doré Watson read "Ex-Voto"

Guillermo Verdecchia reads from 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙚𝙨𝙖𝙧 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙟𝙤, translated by Clayton Eshleman

Anne Michaels reads from 𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨

Nicole Brossard, Robert Majzels & Erín Moure read from 𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙍𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣

Translation Talks: George McWhirter & Emilie Moorhouse

Ishion Hutchinson reads from 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨

Sean O'Brien reads "Europeans" from 𝙉𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧

Ian Williams reads "Rings" from 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙨

Michael Symmons Roberts reads "Pelt" from 𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙥𝙪𝙨

Ocean Vuong reads "Dear Sara" from Time Is a Mother

Ann Lauterbach reads from Door

Homero Aridjis interviewed by Pádraig Ó Tuama

George McWhirter interviewed by Pádraig Ó Tuama

Karen Solie Pays Tribute to Don McKay

Maggie Burton interviewed by Pádraig Ó Tuama

Don McKay interviewed by Pádraig Ó Tuama